Category: Grit
On The Syllabus: Lessons In Grit : NPR
From NPR — Lenox Acadmeny in Brooklyn is trying to teach perseverance and resilience to middle school students. They…
How to Be Resilient: 8 Steps to Success When Life Gets Hard
From TIME — One of the key components of grit is resilience — the ability to recover from setbacks….
Morning Edition: Does Teaching Kids To Get ‘Gritty’ Help Them Get Ahead?
From WNYC — “Experts define grit as persistence, determination and resilience; it’s that je ne sais quoi that drives…
On Grit | …In the Meantime
From …In the Meantime — “Somewhere along the way, most of us bought into the notion that ability is…
‘Grit’ Is More Important Than IQ
From Business Insider — “In a paper, “Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ In Predicting Academic Performance Of Adolescents,” Duckworth and colleague…
Is “grit” the most important quality to possess?
From Barking Up the Wrong Tree — “Intelligence and creativity are great but you can’t quit when the…
Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results
From The Wall Street Journal — “Grit trumps talent. In recent years, University of Pennsylvania psychology…
Grit – the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward long term goals.
I don’t remember when I started being a fan of Angela Duckworth and her research on grit….
True Grit: Can Perseverance Be Taught?
Angela Duckworth, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, discusses her research that shows that grit is…
Does Practice or Talent Predict Top Performance? A Recommendation of “Talent Is Overrated”
Does practice or talent predict top performance? The answer is practice according to Geoff Colvin and his book Talent…
New Year’s Resolutions — A Good Time to Take Steps To Move You Towards Where You’re Going
As 2013 begins, it seems to be an appropriate time to appraise the process for both making…
Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals
Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals by Angela Duckworth and Christopher Peterson report that grit, defined as…
